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The Art of Asking Everything

by Amanda Palmer

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  • Susan Cain: Longing for The Beautiful World

    August 10, 2022 · 1 hr 21 min

    Amanda sits down to discuss art, life, why goth matters, and the process behind star TED speaker and author Susan Cain's new #1 Bestseller, "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole". She is the author of the NYT bestselling 2012…

  • Highlights of The First Season or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Podcast

    April 21, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min

    A crowdsourced episode! You asked, we answered with this episode: A collage of the best moments so far. From New Zealand to Portland, London to Austin, and Edinburgh to Melbourne; this podcast was recorded all over the world while I toured…

  • Sherry Turkle: Is Technology Killing Our Hearts?

    April 14, 2021 · 1 hr 17 min

    Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and…

  • Dr. Rola Hallam: The F*****y of Philanthropy

    March 15, 2021 · 1 hr 41 min

    Dr. Rola Hallam is a punk rock doctor. She is the founder of CanDo; a crowdfunding platform that puts resources in the hands of the frontline healthcare workers in war-affected communities.  In 2011, when war first broke out in her home…

  • Clare Bowditch: Putting Hope into The World

    February 9, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Clare Bowditch, recorded March 6th, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Clare Bowditch is an Australian actor, radio presenter, and entrepreneur. She started performing in the Melbourne pub…

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  • Madison Young: Can Porn Be Feminist? (Spoiler alert: Yes it can)

    February 2, 2021 · 53 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Madison Young, recorded June 11, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Madison Young is an erotic artist, filmmaker, and performer. She entered the world of erotic filmmaking first as a performer in…

  • Rachel Jayson: I Want The Thing

    January 26, 2021 · 1 hr 29 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Rachel Jayson, recorded September 10, 2019 in Woodstock, NY. Rachel Jayson is musician, educator and fashion designer. She is the violist in two bands: Jaggery and Walter Sickert & the…

  • Wayne Muller: A Chat with my Therapist

    January 19, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Wayne Muller, recorded July 15, 2019 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Wayne Muller is a minister, therapist, and leadership mentor, and best-selling author. Wayne’s many books…

  • Fred Leone: Song Man

    January 12, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Fred Leone, recorded March 6, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.    Fred Leone is a musician with Australian Aboriginal, Tongan, and South-Sea Islander heritage. One of the few Butchulla song…

  • Masarat Daud: I Am Not Responsible for your Ignorance

    January 5, 2021 · 37 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Masarat Daud, recorded October 29, 2019 in London, England. Masarat Daud is an alumnus of Cambridge International School, Dubai. She later studied at the American University of Dubai and…

  • Tim Flannery: The Need for Drawdown

    December 29, 2020 · 31 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Flannery, recorded July 23, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tim Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer and public…

  • Tim Minchin: Accidentally Brave

    December 22, 2020 · 1 hr 24 min

    Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Minchin, recorded February 20, 2020, in Sydney, AUS. Tim Minchin is a world-renounded Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, composer, lyricist, and director. He is the…

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About the show

Amanda Palmer is a rock star, best-selling author, TED speaker and community leader who does everything on her own terms simply by asking. Now, she turns the tables on her colleagues and heroes to find out how they create art, love difficult people, work for change, and survive the worst moments of their lives. From porn stars to empathy researchers, and cartoonists to climate scientists, no topic is out of bounds.